Brewer's: Decuman Gate

The gate where the 10th cohorts of the legions were posted. It was opposite the Praetorian gate, and farthest from the enemy. (Latin, decem, ten.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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